342 TIGER. 



Post eum Pompeius Magnus in circo DC. in iis 

 jubatorum cccxv. Caesar Dictator cccc. 



" Jugo subdidit eos, primusque Romas ad cur- 

 rum junxit M. Antonius, et quidem civili bello 

 cum dimicatum esset in Pharsalicis campis, non 

 sine quodam ostentu temporum, generosos spiri- 

 tus jugum subire illo prodigio significante ; nam 

 quod ita vectus est cum mima Cytheride, supra 

 monstra etiam illarum calamitatum fuit." 



In modern times the Lion is said to be often 

 hunted with dogs, by the colonists about the Cape 

 of Good Hope, and it is added that twelve or fif- 

 teen dogs are sufficient for the purpose. The 

 Lion, after being roused, runs for some time ; then 

 stops and shakes his mane, as if in defiance of the 

 dogs, who, rushing all at once upon him, soon 

 destroy him ; two or three of the pack, however, 

 generally falling victims to the first strokes of his 

 paws. 



TIGER. 



Felis Tigris. F. cauda elongata, corpore maatlis omnibus rirgatis. 



Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 61. 

 C. with elongated tail, and body marked with long transvers 



streaks. 



Tigris. Gesn. Quadr. 936. Aldr. dig. 101. 

 Felis flava, maculis longis nigris variegata. Bliss. Quadr. p. 195. 

 Tigre. Buff. 9. p. 129. pi. 9. 

 Tiger. Pennant Quadr. I. p. 277. 



THE Tiger, the most beautiful, but most de- 

 structive of quadrupeds, is a native of the warmer 



